E.Announced the February meeting schedules: ACF – Thursday, February 26,
2004 in Charleston, WV; HEPC – Friday, February 27th @
location TBA; and the MUBOG – no meeting in February.

F.Announced that the University President has approved the following
recommendations: SR-03-04-20 CC, SR-03-04-21 CC, and SR-03-04-23 EC.

G.Announced that Wendy Moorhead, Library, had been selected to represent
faculty on the New ID Project Implementation Team.

H.Announced that the Executive Committee has charged the University
Functions Committee to investigate and make recommendation about the production
of a new faculty/staff telephone/email directory.

I.Announced that the Executive Committee has charged the Budget & Academic
Policy Committee to review and make comment on the “Emergency Policy on
Intellectual Property”.

J.Announced congratulations to Chuck Bailey, WMUL faculty manager, on the
opening of the new state-of-the-art studio.

K.Announced as an FYI from the Curriculum Committee that they have approved
the following requests from the Mathematics Department in the College of
Science, 1) to restrict MTH 123 Selected Topics in College Algebra and MTH 203
Calculus for Business to majors in the LCOB or COLA Economics majors; 2) to
restrict students from taking for credit a lower-level mathematics course after
having a grade of C or better in a higher level mathematics course, i.e. a
student receiving a grade of C or better in MTH 132 Pre-calculus could not
receive credit for MTH 127 College Algebra-Expanded Version, MTH 122
Trigonometry or MTH 130 College Algebra; and 3) have proposed changes to the
B.S. in Mathematics to reflect the above.

L.Announced that the Legislative Affairs Committee has scheduled a media
event to discuss topics related to faculty and the higher education budget
reduction for Tuesday, March 9, 2004 beginning at 12:00 p.m. in the MSC Shawkey
Dining Room. Everyone is invited!

M.Announced that the Budget & Academic Policy Committee have completed
their review of the draft policy, “Awarding of Undergraduate and Graduate Fee
Waivers” and have made comment as requested.

N.Announced our sincere gratitude to
Michael Castellani in the College of
Science for coordinating the first WV
Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol and for recruiting 12 other higher
educational institutions to participate.

3.REPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY
PRESIDENT:

Dr. Angel reported that the
legislative session will end March 13, 2004, but it will not be until a week or
two later that the budget is known. Presently an important legislative issue is
the bill concerning the restructuring of community and technical colleges. His
hope is that the university board of governors retains governance over the
community and technical colleges. The final decision about the bond money is key
in determining the extent of the budget reduction for higher education, whether
it is 2.5% or as great as 7%. There are several policy issues at stake this
legislative session (tuition, fees, etc).

He stated that the university is currently advertising for the positions of Vice
President for Development and the Director for the Marshall University
Foundation, Inc.

He announced that the current amount of funds to be received from the federal
government has been finalized. $11.5 million will be received for the addition
to the forensic science building.

He spoke about the possible continuation of an annual budget deficit for the
state of West Virginia, the recent news of an anticipated $240 million deficit
by 2010 and the impact on higher education.

He announced that he has forwarded to the Board of Governors’ the faculty
comments on the draft policy, “Awarding of Undergraduate and Graduate Fee
Waivers.”

He announced that due to time limitations, there cannot be a time extension for
the comment period on the draft policy pertaining to intellectual property.

He informed that Dr. Angel has provided his support of the faculty’s efforts to
obtain the annual experience increment through legislation.

He stated that former board members are providing their assistance in preparing
current members in the process of program reviews.

MOVED, SECONDED, AND
APPROVED TO AMEND THE AGENDA.

ACF REPORT:

Dr. Ben Miller related that a change
in their scheduled meeting time had permitted him to be in attendance today. He
stated that the HEPC is continuing to review teacher training programs and are
considering revisions to Series 22 that pertains to the D & F Repeat Rule. It
has been proposed that a course may be repeated at any time and not restricted
to those taken in the first 60 hours.

He announced that Senator Plymale has sponsored SB 612 that would permit faculty
to receive the annual experience increment. Petitions supporting this issue have
been presented to legislators. He fears that if the bill is passed it will be
without funding, thus putting the burden of funding on the institutions.

He announced that ACCE is planning a teleconference with the guberatorial
candidates on April 22, 2004, from the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center.
He requested senators to solicit questions for the candidates from their
constituents and forward them to him.

He related that an item of discussion
for the HEPC is a faculty sick leave policy.

He distributed copies (see attached) of the ACF’s legislative agenda pamphlet
which has been presented to legislators.

SR-03-04-27 CC: Recommends approval of the listed COURSE ADDITIONS
in the COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS,
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS,
COLLEGE OF NURSING & HEALTH PROFESSIONS, and the SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM & MASS
COMMUNICATIONS. MOVED, SECONDED, AND APPROVED.

SR-03-04-28 CC:
Recommends approval of the listed COURSE CHANGES for the COLLEGE OF
EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES, COLLEGE OF NURSING & HEALTH PROFESSIONS, COLLEGE OF
SCIENCE,
and the SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATIONS. MOVED, SECONDED, AND
APPROVED.

SR-03-04-29 CC:
Recommends approval of the listed COURSE DELETIONS for the COLLEGE OF
NURSING & HEALTH PROFESSIONS. MOVED, SECONDED, AND APPROVED.

SR-03-04-30 CC:
Recommends approval of the listed MAJORS, CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS, AREAS OF
EMPHASIS—ADDITIONS/CHANGES and the CURRICULUM ACTION REQUEST from the
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE.
MOVED, SECONDED, AND APPROVED.

SR-03-04-31 UF:
Recommends the following revisions to the “University Policy on Emeritus Status
of Retired Professionals,” page 32 as it is in The Greenbook.
MOVED, SECONDED, AND APPROVED.

SR-03-04-32 AP:
Recommends that the following academic programs be continued at their current
level of activity: Associate of Applied Science in Medical Laboratory
Technology, B.A. in Humanities, B.A. in Sociology, and a B.S. in Cytotechnology.
MOVED, SECONDED, AND APPROVED.

MOVED, SECONDED, AND
DEFEATED TO TABLE SR 33 & 34.

SR-03-04-33 AP:
Recommends that the following academic programs be identified for further
development: B.A. in Criminal Justice, B. F.A. in Fine Arts, B.S. in Integrated
Science & Technology, and B.S. in Medical Technology. MOVED, SECONDED, AND
APPROVED.

SR-03-04-34 AP:
Recommends that the following academic programs be continued at their current
level of activity, with the designation as a program of excellence: B.S. in Park
Resources and Leisure Services, and a B.S.W. in Social Work. MOVED,
SECONDED, AND APPROVED.